Global Citizen, WHO Present ‘One World’ Special
• Global Citizen and the World Health Organization today announced One World: Together at Home, a massive global special that will be broadcast on all major broadcast and cable networks and digital music providers on Saturday, April 18.
The two-hour special will air simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC (among many other platforms), and in a show of solidarity, the show will be hosted by those three networks’ late night hosts: Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert. Plus: “friends from Sesame Street” will also be on hand to help unify and inspire people around the world to take urgent action against COVID-19.
The talent lineup is described as being “curated in collaboration with” Lady Gaga, who called in to a WHO press conference on Monday morning to announce that she’s helped raise $35 million for the organization in the last seven days. So far, appearances and musical performances have been confirmed by Paul McCartney, Elton John, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Lizzo, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Chris Martin, Eddie Vedder, Kacey Musgraves, J Balvin, Keith Urban, Alanis Morissette, Lang Lang, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Joe Armstrong, Burna Boy and Maluma, as well as special appearances by David Beckham, Idris and Sabrina Elba, Kerry Washington, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and others.
The show, set for 8pm ET/5pm PT on April 18, will not only air on the three major broadcast networks, but also across a massive worldwide array of networks and digital platforms: NBCUniversal’s Bravo, E!, MSNBC, NBCSN, NBC News, NBC News on YouTube, Peacock, SYFY and USA; Walt Disney Television’s ABC News Live, Freeform and Nat Geo; ViacomCBS’ CBS, Channel 5 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia, Telefe in Argentina, and BET, MTV, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land and VH1; iHeartMedia and Bell Media networks as well as on multiple major global platforms, including Alibaba, Amazon Prime Video, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, LiveXLive, Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, TIDAL, TuneIn, Twitch, Twitter, Yahoo, and YouTube.
“The World Health Organization is committed to defeating the coronavirus pandemic with science and public health measures, and supporting the health workers who are on the frontlines of the response,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO. “We may have to be apart physically for a while, but we can still come together virtually to enjoy great music. The One World: Together At Home concert represents a powerful show of solidarity against a common threat.”
